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Which identifies a sentence with a misplaced adjective phrase?

A. The computer in the car's trunk needs repair.
B. I have an urge for Chinese food.
C. The first president of the United States was George Washington.
D. Our drive to Alabama was long.

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Answer:

A sentence with a misplaced adjective phrase is - The computer in the car's trunk needs repair.

Step-by-step explanation:

Misplaced adjectives or modifiers are the words or phrases that are placed incorrectly. Because of such misplaced modifiers, the sentence sounds quite incorrect, and can also cause a confusion.

The sentence, ‘The computer in the car's trunk needs repair’ is a misplaced adjective. Here the writer should have made use of prepositional clause and the sentence should have been, ‘ The computer needs repair which is in the trunk of the car.’ It could also be, ‘The computer in the trunk of the car needs repair.’

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